2024 Chargers Draft Superthread - Prospect Discussion - Draft Has Started

[charger1_sj]

I'm reasonably confident Jim Harbaugh will be the Chargers' next coach. My plan for year 1 under the new HC/GM regime would be to trade down as much as possible to acquire as many picks in rounds 2-4 in this draft as possible.

The Chargers #5 pick could be parlayed into so many picks in those value rounds, instead of using it on one player (Bowers).

I'd bring back Hunter Henry on a two year deal for $14 mil. I'd also sign Derrick Henry on a 1 year $4.5 mil deal.

Then I would use the bonanza of 2nd to 4th round picks to fill in the holes at RB, WR, CB, OL, etc.

Take a look at what the Packers have done the past two drafts.

WRs Christian Watson (2nd rnd in 22), Romeo Doubs (4th 22), Jayden Reed (2nd 23) and Dontayvion Wicks (5th 23). TEs Luke Musgrave (2nd 23) and Tucker Kraft (3rd 23). Starting OL Rasheed Walker (7th 22), Zach Torn (4th 22), Josh Myers (2nd 21).

In the 2022 draft the Packers drafted two current defensive starters low in the 1st round and several depth players in rounds 2 through 7 in '22 and '23.

The Chargers have most of the major pieces in place in Herbert, Slater, Keenan, and adding to that in FA with the two Henrys. IMO, they could turn the franchise around completely by 1. hiring Harbaugh and 2. filling in the gaps with a plethora of value picks in this draft.

Triple H: Harbaugh, Henry, Henry. I like it.

[electricgold]

WR may be BPA for us. Multiple quality guys for Herbert to throw to every down, every game is a priority.
Position value starts with QB- OT( anti edge rush)- Edge Rush. We need our GM - HC- OC- DC in place to make some calls on vet keepers and who we are going to be on O and D.
I'd look at OT and Edge if not WR / Bowers at 5.

I just wish there was some way possible to sign FA Tee Higgins while at the same time drafting someone like Brenden Rice later in the draft so we could use our draft picks on other positions!

[Maniaque 6]

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[dmac_bolt]

You're missing the point. Every year these so-called experts say drafting this player or that player will be a huge reach in the top ten because they have him ranked 15th on their board. It's laughable. A player like Latu dominated his last two years in college, won the Ted Hendricks and Lombardi Awards, and possesses the ideal size and traits anyone would want in a pass-rusher. But we now have to believe he'd be a reach at the fifth overall pick because so-called experts like Dane Brugler and the ESPN scribe you cited have him ranked ninth and 14th.

So I ask you this, besides what you've read, what makes you believe Latu, Dallas Turner, or Kool-Aid would be a reach with the fifth overall pick?

Oh I got your point. Every year experts get some calls right and they get some wrong. you latched on to the wrong part half like its Newton's first law of motion. I'm rebutting that logical fallacy because they in fact could be right.

Lets just wait for Jim to get here - he'll know.

[northerner]

Unless there is only 1 or 2 QBs drafted in top 5, I don’t see any to trade our pick for a lot in return

I agree that pick #5 is probably one pick too late for a monster haul in a trade back, but if there is even one crazy / unexpected pick in the top 4, then things might get interesting. the GM and team are going to have to build in a lot what-if scenarios.

i am fine with taking Bowers or Nabers at #5 and go from there to the rest of the draft. i would like to see one 5-star beast line up on our offense (fun factor x 10).

[northerner]

Latu a big NO! Please no more drafting college players with first round picks who have had major injuries before going pro! Haven't we learned our lesson with MW and the countless draft picks TT drafted coming off of injuries???

I would pick Turner over Latu for that exact reason. Latu is still high on a lot of draft boards, I guess they think he is ok.

[BayAreaBoltz]

I agree that pick #5 is probably one pick too late for a monster haul in a trade back, but if there is even one crazy / unexpected pick in the top 4, then things might get interesting. the GM and team are going to have to build in a lot what-if scenarios.

i am fine with taking Bowers or Nabers at #5 and go from there to the rest of the draft. i would like to see one 5-star beast line up on our offense (fun factor x 10).

Yup. I do want to trade for picks. But my desire for a blue-chip TE is high. I think today's NFL mandates it to be successful year in and year out (and win Super Bowls).

This CBS article from today confirms this thought.

[chargeroo]

If I was the Bolts GM, I'd take Bowers at 5. He looks to have all the makings of a great TE. I think you get that premium player in the first round and perhaps trade down in the second round.

The Bolts picked arguably the best player they ever had with the fifth pick (LT) and the best player on defense, (Junior), with the fifth pick. Maybe that's the teams sweat spot!

[Ghost of Quacksaw]

If I was the Bolts GM, I'd take Bowers at 5. He looks to have all the makings of a great TE. I think you get that premium player in the first round and perhaps trade down in the second round.

The Bolts picked arguably the best player they ever had with the fifth pick (LT) and the best player on defense, (Junior), with the fifth pick. Maybe that's the teams sweat spot!

Or possibly their *sweet* spot. lol

As a frame of reference here, Philip Rivers was selected (by the Giants) with the 4th overall pick. Justin Herbert was selected with the 6th overall pick of his draft class.

If, with the 5th pick this year, the Bolts get a player as good as either Rivers or Herbert, we'll be dancing in the streets. Harrison, Nabers and Bowers will not ALL be gone by #5 so I think the Bolts are poised to get a guy who'll have a great NFL career.

[Ghost of Quacksaw]

I agree that pick #5 is probably one pick too late for a monster haul in a trade back, but if there is even one crazy / unexpected pick in the top 4, then things might get interesting. the GM and team are going to have to build in a lot what-if scenarios.

i am fine with taking Bowers or Nabers at #5 and go from there to the rest of the draft. i would like to see one 5-star beast line up on our offense (fun factor x 10).

If someone takes Alt in the Top 4, the Chargers phones will be ringing off the hook.

If they traded down no further than 8th overall, IMO they'll still have access to a future star. Just... it'll be the star that's left over, not the pick-of-the-litter star they COULD have taken at #5. I'm told that draft-value-wise, they'd expect to get a 3rd and a 4th for making that deal.

[Maniaque 6]

Is somebody thinks that the Chargers has everything you need at WR and TE
if the OL can give one or two second more to Herbert to throw the damn football ?

[Formula 21]

Name a successful trade down the Bolts have ever done. (Palomalu?)

Name a successful trade up the Bolts have ever done? (Leaf, Gordon, K9?)

Historically, we have lost every draft pick trade I can think of.